Coal and jobs in Australia

The main publicly available data on coal industry employment in Australia is collated by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.

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External resources

 * Productivity Commission, The Australian Black Coal Industry, Productivity Commission, Final Report, 11 February 1999. (This link is to the umbrella page which has sub-links to the final report, submissions and the government's response to the report).
 * Dr. Bart Lucarelli, Australia's Black Coal Industry: Past Achievements and Future Challenges, Stanford University Program on Energy and Sustainable Development, March 2011. (Pdf)
 * Ralph Hillman, How the government's carbon tax will impact the Australian coal industry and diminish economic growth" Speech to the National Press Club, Canberra, July 6, 2011.
 * Sinclair Davidson and Ashton de Silva, Costing of The Greens’ Economic Policies: Mining, Minerals Council of Australia, July 2011.